I am particularly proud of her because her old bike had "coaster" brakes operated by the feet as oppose to the regular handlebar levers. As we were riding along the trail I kept checking in with her to make sure she remembered where the brakes were and she did fine until just as we were turning from the Panther Hollow trail onto the Jail Trail.......
There is a steep descent and as Soph began to accelerate she panicked and completely forgot where the brakes were. She was hurtling down the hill screaming in terror with me yelling "hands Soph!!!!"....HAAAAANDS! Fortunately when she hit the 4 foot high boulder she had remembered where the brakes were and had slowed from about 20 mph to around 5 mph. Phew!! The end result was a traumatized little girl who...bless her......got right back on and started pedaling. She is hard is our Soph. Hard as nails!
We had more dads vs lads at the footy last week which was a hoot because the field was a swamp. It reminded me of playing for Newheys!
Of course Halloween is a big deal here. Adam is dressed as Django Fett from Star Wars. Soph was Yoda. Personally I think she should have been Darth Vader!
2 comments:
Go Soph!! It looks like you are all having fun. I thought the Yoda costume was you after a night on the ale, Dave!
Good for you Soph! Much more zest than your Gran ever had!
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